Indonesia police shoot machete-wielding man with IS symbol

A member of police bomb squad inspects the site where police officers were attacked earlier, in Tangerang, Indonesia, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016. A man with an Islamic State group symbol was shot Thursday after attacking the officers with a machete, police said. (AP Photo)
(The Associated Press)

JAKARTA, Indonesia – A man with an Islamic State group symbol was shot Thursday after attacking police on the outskirts of the Indonesian capital Jakarta with a machete, police said.

Jakarta Police spokesman Awi Setiyono said three officers including a district police chief were injured and the attacker was shot in the leg to disable him.

The police were monitoring a protest by workers when the attack occurred Thursday morning in the satellite city of Tangerang.

The attacker, Sultan Azianzah, 21, was unemployed and a member of Daulah Islam, a hardline group in Ciamis in West Java province, said Setiyono.

Police seized a knife, two machetes, pipe bombs and an IS sticker from him.